I using the Win32 API and C/C++. I have a HFONT and want to use it to create a new HFONT. The new font should use the exact same font metrics except that it should be bold. Something like:
HFONT CreateBoldFont(HFONT hFont) {
LOGFONT lf;
GetLogicalFont(hFont, &lf);
lf.lfWeight = FW_BOLD;
return CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
}
The "GetLogicalFont" is the missing API (as far as I can tell anyway). Is there some other way to do it? Preferrably something that works on Windows Mobile 5+.
You want to use the GetObject function.
GetObject ( hFont, sizeof(LOGFONT), &lf );
Something like this - note that error checking is left as an exercise for the reader. :-)
static HFONT CreateBoldWindowFont(HWND window)
{
const HFONT font = (HFONT)::SendMessage(window, WM_GETFONT, 0, 0);
LOGFONT fontAttributes = { 0 };
::GetObject(font, sizeof(fontAttributes), &fontAttributes);
fontAttributes.lfWeight = FW_BOLD;
return ::CreateFontIndirect(&fontAttributes);
}
static void PlayWithBoldFont()
{
const HFONT boldFont = CreateBoldWindowFont(someWindow);
.
. // Play with it!
.
::DeleteObject(boldFont);
}
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